Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly

French writer (1808-1889).

Born November 2nd, 1808 in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. [ref]

Died April 23rd, 1889 at 80 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Occupations
essayist, historian, journalist, literary critic, novelist, poet, writer

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson